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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality 2015 Oversight Report; South African National Botanical Institute, iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority 2014/15 performance; Kirstenbosch Committee Oversight Report
17 Aug 2015
The Committee, in the presence of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, met with two entities, namely, the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park to be briefed on their performance for all four quarters in the previous financial year. The meeting would prepare the Committee to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs & entities 2014/15 performance
14 Aug 2015
South African National Parks (SANParks) reported that most of their vacant posts, except for two core operative positions, had been filled. The terrestrial protected areas of SANParks exceeded 7.9 million hectares, while the coastal protected areas comprised of 426 000 hectares, and facilities were expected to be built on these areas. ...
Water and Sanitation
Engineer & Scientist vacancy reduction: interventions by Department of Water & Sanitation, Engineering Council of South Africa, Water Research Commission, Energy & Water SETA, Rand Water Academy
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and Rand Water briefed the Committee on their interventions to reduce the vacancy rate of engineers and scientists in the Water Sector. The South African Youth Council was also in attendance.
Apologies were received ...
Water and Sanitation
Infrastructure Master Plan: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Deputy Minister in attendance
3 Jun 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on the Water and Sanitation Investment Framework. It said the challenges the DWS faced were because there was no integrated water and sanitation policy. The sanitation function had come to the DWS last September and the need for an infrastructure ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs on the Waste Economy, Job Creation, Cooperatives and Multilateral Environmental Agreements, with Minister in attendance
2 Jun 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs on the waste economy, job creation, cooperatives and Multilateral Environmental Agreements on chemicals and waste that South Africa was party to. The presentation began with an introduction and background to waste management legislation, goals of the National Waste Management Strategy ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
National Climate Change Response Strategy Policy: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing; Carbon Tax Proposal: National Treasury briefing
26 May 2015
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to be briefed on the mitigation systems in terms of the National Climate Change Response Strategy Policy. The briefing discussed the Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) as proportions of overall emissions and SA’s GHG mitigation potential analysis, specifically, objectives and subsectors. ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Green Fund; Convention on Control of Trans Boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste & Disposal: briefing
12 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs agreed that South Africa should ratify the Basel Convention Ban Amendment, after a briefing by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the Convention. The Basel Convention was an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Catchment Management Agencies and Water Boards on their Strategic Plans & Budget
30 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation carried on with a discussion that had begun the previous day, by engaging with officials of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and delegations from catchment management agencies and water boards on their budgets and business plans for the 2014/15 to 2016/17 ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water & Sanitation, Water Research Commission, Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority on their 2015 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
29 Apr 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and two water entities, the Water Research Commission (WRC) and Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) gave presentations on their strategic and annual performance plans to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) described its five programmes, ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
“Working For” Environmental Programmes & Green Fund EPWP projects; Famine Weed invasive alien; Value-Added Industries/Eco-Furniture; Committee Report on DEA Budget
28 Apr 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects in its “Working For” environmental programmes and the Green Fund. It looked at performance compared to its targets, distribution of work opportunities, demographics, five-year performance estimates for environmental programmes and job creation within ...